Gen 30:1-5 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 30:1-5 (NET)

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30:1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children or I’ll die!” 30:2 Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?” 30:3 She replied, “Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.” 30:4 So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her. 30:5 Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

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Names, People and Places:

· Bilhah Rachel's maid; third wife of Jacob; mother of Dan and Naphtali,a town of Simeon and Judah inhabited by the clan of Shime-i

· Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

· Rachel a daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin,Jacob's favorite wife

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NET Notes: Gen 30:1 Heb “sons.”

NET Notes: Gen 30:2 Heb “who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb.”

NET Notes: Gen 30:3 Heb “and I will be built up, even I, from her.” The prefixed verbal form with the conjunction is subordinated to the preceding prefixed ve...

NET Notes: Gen 30:4 Heb “went in to.” The expression “went in to” in this context refers to sexual intercourse.

NET Notes: Gen 30:5 Heb “and she bore for Jacob a son.”

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